Stories in Science
A NASA technical brief describes how closely spaced structural modes coupled through nonproportional damping can produce complex mode shapes even when overall damping is low.
NASA announced an Oct. 23 update at Kennedy Space Center on its Artemis III mission and progress toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028, according to an agency advisory published Oct. 14.
A new ESA animation flies around Schiaparelli Crater, one of the largest on Mars, built from Mars Express camera data and topography models.
A red/blue stereo view of Comet 67P's double-lobed nucleus, built from two Rosetta OSIRIS images taken on July 25, 2015, was featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 17, 2026.
ESA's weekly image roundup for 3–7 August 2026 features Copernicus Sentinel-2 views of the Danube at a record low near Budapest, ongoing wildfire response in Greece, and the Orion spacecraft for Artemis III in a cleanroom at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
The European Space Agency and The Pokémon Company International announced on 4 August 2026 a limited-time collaboration planned for World Space Week on 4–10 October 2026, with details to follow.
A SpaceX Dragon is heading to the International Space Station for a Thursday docking, while the Expedition 75 crew carried out eye exams, spacesuit maintenance and robotics experiments, NASA reported on October 14, 2026.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has highlighted the Perseverance Mars mission team and its Guinness World Records certificate for the rover's distance record on the Red Planet.
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has imaged NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, in infrared light, offering a sharper look at the dust and gas structures shaped by the dying star at its center.
ESA published a map of Europe's Spaceport, noting the site covers 700 km2 of land, with facilities occupying less than 10 percent of the territory.
A SpaceX Dragon carrying more than 6,300 pounds of cargo, including the final pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays, is approaching the orbiting laboratory for an autonomous docking, NASA said on October 15, 2026.
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a cometary globule in the Carina Nebula nicknamed the Treasure Chest, revealing a compact cluster of young stars glowing from within the dusty cloud.
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